North Korea to Get First Foreign-Sponsored University

Submitted by Doug Lederman on September 14, 2009 - 3:00am

Pyongyang University of Science and Technology will open this week as the first foreign-sponsored university in North Korea, AFP[1] reported. The university is backed by a foundation in South Korea, which has spent more than $32 million on the project. Faculty members will be Koreans -- from North and South Korea, and ethnic Koreans who live elsewhere.